Saturday, March 03, 2007

What Mohammedan female suicide bombers expect

Slate tries to answer:
If male martyrs can expect to find 72 virgin maidens in paradise when they die, what rewards can female suicide bombers expect?
It gives several answers, including this:
One of the inmates, Ayat Allah Kamil, 20, from Kabatya, told me why she had wanted to become a martyr: "Because of my religion. I'm very religious. For the holy war [jihad] there's no difference between men and women shaid [martyrs]."

According to the Koran, male martyrs are welcomed to Paradise by 72 beautiful virgins. Ayat, as with many of the women she is incarcerated with, believes that a woman martyr "will be the chief of the 72 virgins, the fairest of the fair".
I wonder what the Mohammedan leaders say about this.

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